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There is a lot more to the legendary Japanese samurai than meets the eye, as you will discover at the Detroit Institute of Arts exhibition Samurai: Beyond the Sword, opening this weekend on March 9 and running until June 1, 2014.

Get your ideas ready! Starting March 10, Detroiters will once again have an opportunity to win funding for their arts projects through the Knight Arts Challenge, offering a share of $3 million for arts and culture projects that engage and enrich the city.

What will Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez play at his upcoming show in Ann Arbor on March 14? “70% of my music is improvisation, and the other part is rhythm. So it’s kind of unexpected, and in that way, we learn more from ourselves,” Rodríguez tells the UMS Lobby blog. Read the full interview here.

The Twenties was an era of radical change for people in Michigan and all over America. New exhibits and a host of programs at the Lorenzo Cultural Center in Clinton Township will help put the era's changes in politics and culture into context.